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		Section/Rule:	82.05
Subject:	Rule 82 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Relating to All Appellate Courts - Terms and Duties of Chief Justice and Judges of This Court and the Court of Appeals - Designation of Court of Appeals and Districts Thereof - Duties and Other Matters Relating to the State Courts Administrator and Other Court Personnel	Publication / Adopted Date:	December 17, 1991
Topic:	Restrictions on Legal Personnel After Employment by a Court	Revised / Effective Date:	January 1, 2025

82.05. Restrictions on Legal Personnel After Employment by a Court

A person who has been employed as a lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant by this Court or the court of appeals shall not perform any legal work in any case that was pending before the court during the tenure of the lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant with the court.

If such lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant is employed by or associated with a law firm that is employed to represent a party in a case that was pending in the court at the time the lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant was employed with the court, the law firm and the former lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant shall comply with Rule

4.1-11(a)

(Adopted December 17, 1991, effective July 1, 1992. Amended September 22, 1992, effective July 1, 1993; amended June 4, 2024, effective January 1, 2025.)

Comment

See alsoRules 4-1.11 and 4-1.12.